Device for holding hand-held computer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019104830-A1
Application number	US-201816152030-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 4, 2018
Priority date	Oct 5, 2017
Publication date	Apr 11, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A device for holding a hand-held computer is provided. The device includes a holder and a mount for receiving and locking the holder. The holder includes a clamp for holding the hand-held computer, a short peg extending from a surface of the clamp, and a circular engaging end attaching to a distal end of the short peg. The mount includes a front wall, a back wall separated from the front wall by side walls, a slot being formed in the front wall and having two opposite arcing side walls, and a circular engaging opening in the slot terminating at respective first ends of the two opposite arcing side walls to lock the short peg and the circular engaging end.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A device for a hand-held computer, comprising:
a holder including:
a clamp for attaching to and holding the hand-held computer by clamping on a portion of the hand-held computer without impacting functional features of the hand-held computer;
a short peg extending from a surface of the clamp and having a polygonal cross-section and two opposite sides having a first length; and
a circular engaging end attaching to a distal end of the short peg from the surface of the clam and having a diameter greater than a width of the polygonal cross-section; and
a mount for receiving and locking the holder including:
a front wall;
a back wall separated from the front wall by side walls, wherein a recess is defined by the front wall, the back wall and the side walls, and the side walls leave an open portion into the recess;
a slot being formed in the front wall at the open portion, the slot having two opposite arcing side walls and configured for receiving the short peg and the circular engaging end; and
a circular engaging opening in the slot terminating at respective first ends of the two opposite arcing side walls to lock the short peg and the circular engaging end, the respective first ends being separated by a distance smaller than the first length of the peg,
wherein the short peg is rotated and the circular engaging end are locked in the circular engaging opening such that the holder is in place in the mount.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the circular engaging opening is less than the diameter of the circular engaging end.

3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the circular engaging opening equals to is slightly greater than the width of the polygonal cross-section.

4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the hand-held computer is one of a smart phone or a computing tablet.

5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein respective second ends of the two opposite arcing side walls of the slot terminate at the side walls of the mount.

6 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the back wall includes business information on a surface of the back wall.

7 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the recess has a height measuring from a back surface of the front wall to a front surface of the back wall, the height equaling to or slightly greater than a thickness of the circular engaging end.

8 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the front wall has a thickness equaling to or slightly less than a length of the short peg such that the surface of the clamp engages a front surface of the front wall when the holder is in place in the mount.

9 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the back wall includes a clip on a back surface of the back wall for mounting the mount.

10 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the holder is slid into the mount along the two opposite arcing side walls of the slot.

11 . The device of the claim 1 , wherein the clamp includes two opposite finger protrusions extending outwardly from the clamp for facilitating installing and uninstalling the hand-held computer.

12 . The device of the claim 1 , wherein the clamp includes two opposite protrusions extending inwardly from the clamp for facilitating receiving and holding the hand-held computer.

13 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the holder and the mount are injection-molded.

14 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the holder and the mount are made of same materials.

15 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the holder and the mount are made of different materials.

16 . A mount for receiving and locking a holder wherein the holder includes a clamp, a short peg extending from a surface of the clamp and having a polygonal cross-section, and a circular engaging end attaching to a distal end of the short peg from the surface of the clam and having a diameter greater than a width of the polygonal cross-section, comprising:
a front wall; a back wall separated from the front wall by side walls, wherein a recess is defined by the front wall, the back wall and the side walls, and the side walls leave an open portion into the recess; a slot being formed in the front wall at the open portion, the slot having two opposite arcing side walls and configured for receiving the short peg and the circular engaging end; and a circular engaging opening in the slot terminating at respective first ends of the two opposite arcing side walls to lock the short peg and the circular engaging end, the respective first ends being separated by a distance slightly smaller than the width of the polygonal cross-section, wherein the short peg and the circular engaging end are locked in the circular engaging opening such that the holder is in place in the mount.

17 . The mount of claim 16 , wherein a diameter of the circular engaging opening is less than the diameter of the circular engaging end.

18 . The mount of claim 16 , wherein a diameter of the circular engaging opening equals to is slightly greater than the width of the polygonal cross-section.

19 . The mount of claim 16 , wherein the mount is made one of a plastic material or a metal material.

20 . The mount of claim 16 , wherein the mount is injection-molded.

Assignees

• Walmart Apollo Llc

Inventors

• Cortellacci Jonathan
• Bacallao Yurgis M
• Letson Eric

Classifications

• A45F2200/0516

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A45F2200/0525

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A45F5/00 Primary

  Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping · CPC title

• A45F5/1525

  Holders or carriers for portable computing devices, e.g. laptops, tablets or calculators · CPC title

• A45F5/1516

  Holders or carriers for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. pagers or smart phones · CPC title